The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-30
THE SPORTING ARENA.
The League Clubs to Soon Re.
port for Duty.
THEIR RELATIVE STRENGTH,
Young People Still INDUCING in the
Fascinating Pastime of Toboggan-
ing-HOw TO Toboggan.
CHICAGO, January Is, 1887.

CHICAGO, January Is, 1887.
Special corr espondence of THE HERALD.
1t now wants but little less than six
weeks before the players of both the
League and American Association clubs
shall report at their respective head
quarters to go into training for the com.
ing championship season. NotRith-
standing that the time for work is SO
near at hand the schedule committees
have not yet considered their work of
arranging the schedule of games, and il
is probable that no action will be taken
in this direction much before March l.
The question as to the St. Louis Ma
rooms continuing in the League or drop
ping out to make room for Indianapolis
still remains an open one at many
points, and the smallest item OF news IL
any way connected with the subject is
eagerly read and discussed by lovers OF
the game here and elsewhere.
Kelly, the great all around of the Chi
cago team, has not yet placed has sigma
lure to 8 contract with any club for
next year, and his provoking silence
upon a subject which thousands of base
ball lovers would like TO have him de-
cIoe one way or the other, Is beginning
TO prove tlresome. Chicago, OF course,
will have Mikes services if he plays ual,
at all, for President Spalding has posi-
lively declared that he will not release
him to any other club for any amount of
meney, so that Kelly will 'be compelled
TO play here or not at all.
SO far as can De judged at the present
time the several make-ups OF the teams
will eQuallze the playing strength to u
much more satisfactory extent than was
the case last season, and lovers of base
ball may feel assured that Pittsbulg,
Washington and Philadelphia will man
age this year TO crowd Detroit, Chicago
and New York hard enough to make
the fight a good one from start to
finish. / like the style and makeup of
the Smoky City team as well as any
young,club ever admitted 10 the League,
and with such tried and excellent mat
erial as Dalrymple, McKinnon, Calvin
and Morris (Whom regard as equal to
nine out of ten brace OF pitchers III the
country to-day, when they are properly
} add Barley, Carroll and
Handiboe, depend upon it Pittsburg will
get good place in the line within two
weeks from the time the hrst champion |
ship game is played.
Following is President Y oung's latest |
official circular of players signed with
League clubs, and doubtless all your |
readers are enough posted upon affairs |
Of the game TO make their own estimates !
IS to the relative strength of the clubs |
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston.-ThOmas J. O'Rourke, W
b. Higgins. I. J. PoOrinaa, J. f. Nor
rilI, R. +. Johnston, E. b. Sutton, NJ.
K. Murphy. L. g. Tate, r. b. Conway,
U. F. Dally, S. w. Wise, ]. Hornung,
w. H. Wheelock, c. Radbourn.
Chicago.-Mark Baldwin, Thomas
Burns, thomas Daily, Harry Pyle, Dell
Darling, J. u. CIarkson, L. marble, VIM.
sunday, n. Fred Prefer, James Ryan,
Ohm Flynn, NJ. c. Sullivan, E. n. Will
amson, a. CsAnson, +. S. Flint.
Detrou.-T. ]. GTlen, c. H. Getzein.
!. Dunlap, 6. Knowlton, VIM. Shindle,
. b. Manning, H Richardson, j. l..
White, c. w. Bennett, L. Twichell, D. (
+. w. Smith, J. Q. Rowe,
has. w. Camel, E. Hanlon, P. J. Con-
ay.
New York.-Michael Herman, D. Rich
rdson, NJ. ]. Mattimore, VIM. George.
). Gillespie, Peter Weckenbecker, q.
ore, J. J. Cuff, a. n. Hutchings, Jerry
osten, c. NJ. Gaunt, Jr.
Philadelphia.-A. a. Irwin, G. E. An
rews, Aug. weighing, Thomas q. Nc
arthy, Frank Murphy. James E. Dali
IS, George w. Henry, John Clements,
6. Fogarty, J. MulFey.
Pittsburg.-John J. Fields, VIM. r.
ishop, Fred J: Mann, a. w. Whitney.
/. Morris, s. w. Barley, F. 81. Car!
III, G; NJ. Smith, J. E. Coleman, George
. Miller, J. E. Handiboe, 7. t. Brown, {
e, A. McKinnon. a
st. LOuis.-John AruRdle, VIM. Hoy, 4
5. AXE, Jos. Quinn, w. Sowders, E. v
Toohey, w. O'Brien, 81. Boyle, w. .
G. R. Mappis, o. II. Snom- T
,rg, John w. Glasscock. a
Washington.-W. F. Krieg, P. E. Fl
saly, A. NJ. Stuart, Sam Crane, G. w. 6,
eefe, J. I. McGlone, F. T. Gilmore, J.
. Gatfney, 2. Baker.
ATHLETIC. L
Last Wednesday evening the grand
d spacious building at the corner of
Tenty-fourth and State streets, to be g
own in future as the Casino Gymnas-
N and Pastime Academy, was
,mally opened in the presence of
arly 5000 people with programme |,
athletic events in which the best anne
II talent Of the city participated. The
adjustment of the new athletic
lool is due to the enterprise and con-
ence of Mr.. A. G. Spslding (tbe basel
i veteran and the present head of the
sporting goods house of a. G. Spald n
, Il Bros.l The matter of a frst-class r
lletic club to be established in the
', had been long talked of and its
ID unanimously agreed upon, but it
NAMED for the man who has given rs
best baseball Clue in the country,
! who really introduced tobogg anIng
hat magnificent sport of the Canadi III
across the border in other western